Since Dong Shuai feels that the road is far away and the freight is a big problem, it is better to hand over the goods purchased by Dong Shuai to Xinchangbo for transportation, and the two parties will agree on an acceptable location for delivery. As for Xinchangbo's side, there is still a big deal to negotiate in the end, and some concessions can be made in return, how? ”

In a word, Chen Wen asked the opinions of two people. Dong Keshen had been biting on the road problem before, in order to reduce the loss, especially the lot of food and gunpowder materials he was going to trade were grain, which could easily be caused by the bumps in the road, so he was more eager to hope that Chen Wen would bring down the price.

In the meantime, Chen Wen proposed that Yu Guowang should transport him, so that the problem of his route would no longer be a problem, and as for the handover place, Yu Guowang was generous, and he would not be allowed to suffer.

A section of the journey was divided into two sections, and Yu Guowang, who acted as a logistics, became the key.

The reason why Chen Wen chose Yu Guowang to undertake this task was not out of consideration for bullying honest people. Yu Guowang was the strongest and most prestigious among the Ming troops in the Tiantai Mountain area, and others could be convinced by him in charge; Yu Guowang's subordinates are all natives of Taizhou, most of them are from several counties far from the sea, and the road topography is more familiar; Finally, Chen Wen does have a big deal he wants to do with Yu Guowang, and Chen Wen also has something in his hand that Yu Guowang is eager to get.

Chen Wen had chatted with Yu Guowang about the business when he was at the table before, so Yu Guowang knew very well what the big deal Chen Wen was talking about, so he had to deal with this matter.

Yu Guowang agreed to this, Dong Keshen's reason had no support point, and once the leader left, others did not plan to provoke Chen Wen's displeasure for this trivial matter, after all, there was still an idea of helping each other in the future.

However, as an ally, Chen Wen didn't plan to go too far, and after signing the deed, Chen Wen gave them some weapons as a meeting gift. In fact, he originally wanted to give gifts of cloth, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, which are gifts from normal humans, but who knew that these things had been replaced by them, so they could only give gifts from abnormal humans.

The deal had been reached, and Chen Wen didn't think they would regret it, after all, the quality of the weapons of the Raising Battalion was there, and all they exchanged for was some food, livestock, poultry, or materials. Besides, the goods on both sides were either directly delivered to Chen Wenying, or delivered at the agreed place, and he didn't believe that these Ming generals dared to hack him.

There was also a banquet in the evening, and these Ming generals were arranged to rest for a while. Using this time, Chen Wen needed to talk to Yu Guowang about the big deal.

"Xin Changbo, you know, the last general has won a great victory, and in addition to these weapons, there are also a lot of armor. To tell you the truth, the last general is preparing to expand the establishment, so he plans to exchange his armor with you for firearms. ”

Unlike those grains, chickens and ducks, and raw materials, firearms and armor were all militaristic weapons in this era, so they were called big deals by Chen Wen.

After the battle of Siming Mountain Palace, Chen Wen also found some existing problems while defeating the Qing army. In addition to the fact that command is still irresistible for the time being, the establishment of the Nantang Battalion is obviously quite out of step with the opponent they have to face.

First of all, the cavalry, the cavalry on both sides of the war actually did not play any role, the Ming army in front of the dense trap pits, the road is narrow, and it is inconvenient to detour, these reasons for the use of cavalry are too special, once the Qing army is engaged in the plain, the lack of cavalry Nantang battalion will become difficult to deal with.

Chen Wen has not thought of a solution to this problem, after all, it is impossible for other Ming troops to give him cavalry or war horses, and he is not so tyrant to learn from Zheng Chenggong to train the Iron Man Army, so he can only endure it first.

Then there was the artillery, on the battlefield, the Nantang battalion swept away the tiger squat gunners of the Qing army, but the techniques used were still taught to the gunners of the Chinese artillery team in the Nantang battalion by a Qing army's Furlong machine gunner. If you add those two Furlong cannons, the Nantang Battalion has a total of two Furlong cannons and six Tiger Squat cannons, and with these things, it will not be taken advantage of like last time.

Finally, there was the firearms team, in the battle behind the palace of Siming Mountain, Chen Wen took out the bird gun presented by Huang Zhongdao as a reward, in order to boost morale, but was pulled out by an archer named Feng Biao. The reason why this archer was able to stay ahead of everyone was simply because every arrow he aimed at the face of the Qing army, which prevented his shot from being blocked by the armor or even double armor of the Qing army.

But the problem is that it is impossible to have such a good terrain for Chen Wen to use in every battle, and under normal circumstances, the infantry archers are powerless in the face of light and heavy infantry assaults, and letting them come forward to shoot the Qing army in the face on the unobstructed terrain is obviously making them commit suicide.

In contrast, although the cloth armor of this era has a certain bulletproof effect, the reason for cutting corners makes most of the cloth armor still unable to withstand the attack of the bird. Of course, the bird guns here also have to be made of sufficient materials, let alone beating people by cutting corners, and it is already very face-saving if they don't blow up.

However, since its establishment, the firearms team of the Chinese army in the Nantang battalion has always had only two squads of bird guns, which is directly related to the production capacity of bird guns in the old camp of Dalanshan, and in the past few months, the bird gun casting master has only made more than a dozen bird guns, which can not keep up with the expansion speed of the army at all.

Not to mention the capture, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the southern army preferred to use the bird gun, while the northern army respected the three-eyed gun. Tian Xiong was one of the eight general soldiers under Huang Degong before the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, and his standard battalion also originated from Huang Degong's Chinese army, and Huang Degong's army belonged to the northern border army. As a result, Chen Wen only had a limited number of three-eyed guns captured in this battle, and he also assigned them to cavalrymen who were more suitable for using this kind of firearms, while there were no bird guns.

Unlike the Ming army of Dalanshan, Yu Guowang had a few bird hammer casting masters in his hands who didn't know where to find them, so his army had a lot of bird guns available.

And this time, Chen Wen captured more than 800 sets of cloth armor, which was beyond his establishment, and the weather in Zhejiang did not allow soldiers to wear armor and fight all year round, so he planned to take out a small part of it in exchange for Yu Guowang, who had trained a lot of firearms.

"How many bird guns does General Chen need?"

"Two hundred!"

This number really frightened Yu Guowang, one mouth is two hundred bird guns, although even if they are taken out and exchanged, it will not affect the use of the bird guns under his command, but this number definitely accounts for a large proportion of the inventory, which makes him hesitate a little.

It's just that Yu Guowang didn't know that one of the organizational reforms planned by Chen Wen was to combine the establishment of the infantry battalion when Qi Jiguang was guarding the border in the north. To put it simply, each Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team is equipped with a squad of firearms teams, in order to improve the long-range killing ability of the entire army, and even the formation when using it has been studied with several officers under his command, and the difference is only the number of bird guns.

The two hundred branches in Chen Wen's mouth do sound like a lot, but this is only a two-hundred-person establishment. After the establishment reform, they and the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team will form a small force of 400 people as the backbone of the battlefield. However, other units can only be formed according to the old formation, which is also a helpless move.

"How many pieces of armor is General Chen going to exchange for?"

"Two hundred sets of cloth visors."

This exchange amount came out of Chen Wen's mouth, and he himself felt embarrassed, after all, the two of them made a judgment on the cost, but Chen Wen still reported the sky-high asking price, and the idea of paying back the money on the ground put forward this exchange amount. At this moment, he was always rolling in his heart, lest Yu Guowang leave in anger and leave in anger, so that it would be difficult for him to carry out the reform of the establishment.

I saw that Yu Guowang hesitated for a moment, and replied directly, "Yes". Chen Wen was stunned at first after hearing this, but became even more embarrassed.

"If Xin Changbo thinks it's not enough, you can bring it up, and the end general doesn't mean to take advantage of you, it's just a ...... to do business."

At this time, Yu Guowang shook his head, and then interrupted Chen Wen's explanation. "General Chen doesn't need to say much, since the old man said it, he will definitely keep his promise. It's just that the old man has a reluctant request, and he also asks General Chen to agree. ”

Reluctantly invited?

Hearing this, Chen Wen was a little confused, is there anything else going on here? It's just that since Yu Guowang happily agreed to Chen Wen's exchange of birds, he didn't have to hesitate about anything.

"Xin Changbo said that it doesn't matter, and he should do his best in the end."

Yu Guowang thought for a while, and then asked Chen Wen: "The old man has been raising troops for several years, and he has organized this army of tens of thousands of people, in order to recover the lost territory, report to the Son of Heaven, and save the people. But over the years, there have always been more defeats and fewer victories. Not to mention the siege of Tiantai County the year before last, last year's subordinates of the old man in Hushan were much worse than Liu Shuai and Chen Shuai's soldiers. ”

Doubts?

Is it that simple?

Chen Wen once heard Wang Yi and them mention the establishment of Yu Guowang's department and its historical achievements, and after coming to Tiantai Mountain, he also visited Yu Guowang's army. All in all, his bird-fighting skills are really elite, and even the Chinese firearms team in the Nantang battalion is not as good as him.

However, Yu Guowang's army had one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, he only attached importance to the bird and the hand-to-hand soldiers, and completely ignored the role of hand-to-hand infantry, which was obviously out of step with the times.

Before the advent of machine guns and rapid-fire guns, hand-to-hand combat was the main theme of the battlefield. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the skill did not reach that level, it was completely impossible to decide the victory or defeat with a bird's gun, so it would be strange if the battle could be won.

Chen Wen considered the wording, and then said to Yu Guowang: "Since Xin Changbo asked from this, the last general should tell the truth, but there are some things that the last general may not say correctly, and I hope that Xin Changbo will forgive me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, General Chen, but please speak up."

"When Emperor Yi was the emperor, the emperor Sun Ge was ordered to pass through Liaodong. During this period, in addition to building fortresses, Sun Ge also trained a large number of Guanning military ......"

During Sun Chengzong's training of the Guanning Army, his idea was that since hand-to-hand combat was difficult to win, he simply used firearms to win. For this reason, Sun Chengzong provided a large number of artillery to the car and artillery battalion of the Guanning army, in order to try to use artillery to repel the Qing army before the start of hand-to-hand combat, so as to achieve victory.

This kind of thinking is a typical unrealistic idea of civilian military leaders, and it is completely undesirable. In history, the car and artillery battalion of the Guanning Army rarely had a record of success, and even was often lured by the Qing army to fire outside the firing range.

In contrast, the reason why Chen Wen strengthened the establishment of firearms was entirely because his previous establishment and long-range support capability were too poor, and it was impossible to generalize at all.

“…… In the opinion of the general, the current firearms are not enough to bear the main force on the battlefield, and if you want to defeat the enemy, you still need to try to train a hand-to-hand infantry that can fight and resist, and then your bird-gunners can shoot more safely and provide long-range fire support for the whole army. ”

"I see." Yu Guowang pondered for a moment, and then said to Chen Wen: "Can General Chen help the old man train soldiers?" ”

PS: It's finally finished, so I'm sleepy.